Robert Newell | |
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| Speaker of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon | |
| In office December 2, 1845 – December 10, 1845 | |
| Preceded by | Morton M. McCarver |
| Succeeded by | Henry A. G. Lee |
| In office December 7, 1847 – December 28, 1847 | |
| Preceded by | Asa Lovejoy |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Wilcox |
| Member of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon | |
| In office June 27, 1843 – December 28, 1847 | |
| Constituency | Champoick District |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
| In office September 10, 1860 – October 19, 1860 | |
| Constituency | Marion County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 30, 1807 Zanesville, Ohio |
| Died | November 24, 1869 (aged 62) Lapwai, Idaho |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Kitty Newell Rebecca Newman Mrs. Ward |
| Relations | Joseph L. Meek |
| Occupation | fur trader |
Robert "Doc" Newell (March 30, 1807 – November 24, 1869) was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country. He was a frontier doctor in what would become the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he served in the Provisional Government of Oregon and later was a member of the Oregon State Legislature. The Newell House Museum, his reconstructed former home on the French Prairie in Champoeg, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.